ugh
/əː
/ /ʌx /exclamation informal
Used to express disgust or horror: ugh—what’s this disgusting object?...
- I would prefer to do it myself, but I can't at the moment, I know that… ugh, I feel disgusting.
- Afterwards, though, I headed back to my room and had dinner by myself from the room service menu - ugh!
- Yes, it can be totally inconvenient, and some aspects can be pretty uncomfortable (like killer cramps - ugh!)
Origin
Mid 18th century: imitative.
Rhymes
- non-substantial
- non-substantialism
- non-substantialist
- non-success
- nonsuccessful
- nonsuch
- non-sufficiency
- nonsuing
- nonsuit
- nonsunt
- nonsupport
- non-surgical
- non-surgically
- non-swearing
- non-swimmer
- non-syllabic
- non-synonymous
- non-tariff
- non-taster
- non-teaching
- non-technical
- non-technically
- non-temporal
- non-theatric
- non-theatrical